Word: underpaid
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Overworked, Underpaid...
...four-year, $12 million contract. If the A's win the Series again this year, other players will want their share. Building a strong franchise is tough enough in these days of free agency and oversize payrolls. Staying at the top is next to impossible. "Everybody thinks he's underpaid," sighs Alderson. Owners of other teams, of course, think Alderson is paying too much -- not just for his stars but for minor leaguers. This summer the A's signed high school phenom Todd Van Poppel for $1.2 million...
Most of all, young workers want job gratification. Teaching, long disdained as an underpaid and underappreciated profession, is a hot prospect. Enrollment in U.S. teaching programs increased 61% from 1985 to 1989. And more graduates are expressing interest in public-service careers. "The glory days of Wall Street represented an extreme," says Janet Abrams, 29, a Senate aide who regularly interviews young people looking for jobs on Capitol Hill. "Now I'm hearing about kids going to the National Park Service...
This was true for most black jazz musicians in the 1930's and 1940's, for Holiday would often get paid only $50 to $75 for a side (two recorded songs on a 78rpm) and did not receive royalites on her recordings until after 1944. Underpaid and at the mercy of white managers and promoters, Holiday constantly had to fight to get the money and respect she wanted so badly and rightfully deserved...